Today in History: 16th December

Today in History: 16th December

• Boston Tea Party: American colonists dressed as natives threw over 300 chests of tea from British ships into Boston Harbor, protesting taxes and the Tea Act; the British response was the Intolerable Acts (1773)
• Battle of the Bulge: German attack began in the Ardennes region of southern Belgium in WWII (1944)
• Millau Viaduct: the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, located in southern France, was opened to traffic (2004)